Freelancers with credit and tiny desks

SERIES: Tiny Desk Concerts – NPR has long been renowned as an outlet for news and talk radio, but the past few years have seen its increased influence within popular music. Their Tiny Desk Concerts are described on their website as "intimate performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen." Literally some of your favorite bands playing stripped-down at a desk in an office. Artists as diverse as Passion Pit, Raphael Saadiq, The Zombies, They Might Be Giants, and The Cranberries have been featured. (npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts)

TOOL: Credit Karma – Commercials for FreeCreditReport.com have provided earworms for years, although many who have attempted to use the service have felt misled by its name. Credit Karma provides exactly what FreeCreditReport.com ought to: your credit scores and history immediately at no charge. Nothing to lose by registering with the site, I say. (creditkarma.com)

ARTICLE: Susannah Breslin "7 Habits Of Highly Effective Freelancers" – One of my favorite bloggers for Forbes.com, Susannah Breslin recently began a series titled "30 Days of Freelancing." Breslin's series provides an article each day about freelancing, and this particular post ought to make Stephen Covey proud. All in all, like many of the pieces in the series, it helps explain how productivity can be maximized along with fun for a freelancer. (forbes.com/sites/susannah

breslin/2012/11/11/7-habits-of-highly-effective-freelancers )

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